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sv t nirwryseeortd yearno 38 acton ontario wednesday march 22 167 authortzedas second clan mall by the post office department ottawa fourteen pages ten cents 1m ion0 awaittd stop lights at the corner of mill and main streets were installed this week and work still goes on to connect them to the right two installation men are nearly lost in the jungle of lines on the northwest corner while top they hang the three tights in position the lights will not go into operation until council passes a bylaw on parking and the road is marked with new regulations staff photo down in the dumps esquesing asked to change bylaw to establish acton dump site reeve george leslie assured a delegation from acton coun cil they would do their utmost to come up with an answer by april 29 for a request for a change in bylaw legislation to permit the town to establish a new dumpsite on town owned property governed by township bylaws in the township the acton delegation head ed by mayor les duby who read the brief printed else where in the- paper also ans wered questions for esquesing- councillors at the regular meet ing of the township council monday night the esquesing reeve sympa thized with the acton delegates and to a request from the ma yor for a close liaison said his council could make no decis ion until the other member was back with us mr leslie was referring to councillor c f pat patterson currently at the world hockey tournament in vienna austria he reminded the delegation there had been another delega tion of ratepayetes with as many from the town as- the township protesting use of the proposed site back of fairview cemetery as a dump acton reeve bert hinton ask ed the township councillors if they didnt have similar prob lems in their own area of rate payers agreeing and not agree ing if we went along with the ratepayers we wouldnt have a dump anywhere he said councillor earl masales told the township council the pre vious delegation was opposed strictly on the smoke angle neither the land fill or inciner ator method being investigated would entail much smoke to a question from one es quesing representative if the land fill method could be used back of fairview cemetery the mayor replied in the affirma tive esquesing councillor tom hill asked how long the par ticular site would last using land fill and the mayor refer red him to clerkadministrator j mcgeachie who outlined the dimensions of the area assured by mr leslie that the township would make ev ery effort to cooperate the acton delegation prepared to leave at this point esquesing councillor jim goodlet enquir ed what system acton council preferred to use mayor duby said the town was quite prepared to move ahead one way or another but they were going ahead reeve hinton told the meet ing the town would prefer the land fill method since it was the most economical after the acton delegations departure esquesing council settled into regular business with uniforms for acton fire brigade first on the agenda the town of acton supplies 16 of the 180 uniforms and the townships of esquesing nassa- gaweya and erin supply 14 it was agreed rural representa tives on the fire area board should discussjach jpwnshipls sharettieiore any action was taken flooding on the credit river and means of eliminating the dangers especially in glen wil liams were discussed possible action in the fall to eliminate river bends recommended by engineers was delayed by hold up of written authority todo anything about it councillors felt it was top late to do anything now to avoid flooding criticism was directed at the conservation authority which has a flood committee but wont have any thing to do with floods council felt they should di rect further plans for assis tance to a higher government source the resignation of ben case from the halton county mus eum board left a vacancy which council asked council- i lor george currie to fill for the balance of the year a bylaw was read and pass ed which authorized expendi tures of 117000 on construc tion and maintenance of roads in the township another bylaw was passed empowering the reeve and clerk to signaconveyance to close bernard st in the village of limehouse reeve leslie presided at the nearly two hour meeting with councillors george currie tom hill jim goodlet clerk k c lindsay and assistant d french in attendance carol patterson represents all halton at district final carol patterson was chosen to represent halton county at district public speaking finals last friday evening at the hal ton finals in oakvhie and com peted with seven warmly- praised young people at whit by on tuesday afternoon although she was not select ed to speak at the ontario fin- tils in toronto next week she took acton farther than the town has gone for many years in public speaking competit ion it was pointed out that the seven speakers at whitby represented 100000 students in the counties of halton peel york and ontario who had the same opportunity last time acton went this far was when ella janywent on to win the ontario finals on the way to whitby tues day with her parents coach miss donna riseborough aunt miss bellamaye roszell and principal g w mckenzie their car skidded into a ditch south of acton during the snow storm they learned highway 401 was not as bad as highway 25 were towed out and ventured schools compete tonight races costumes at arena hiaadreda of children wml enter skating race and the costume conteat tonight wed nesday at the arena in the big annual public school carnival a banner contest and centen nial costume contest are high lights a well as th regular rccreatlon director howard pearce is in charge schools entered are m z de robert little lune- houae spcyslde and plncview speyatde will be speeding to retain the banner they won the past two years arrangements are all made to have the program run as smoothly as possible recrea tion committee members and others will be able to handle the volume of activity if not the volume of sound the raf terrocking cheering section is now an established part of this annual program starter is harold townsley assistant starter hugh patter son referee howard pearce announcer hartley coles stat istician peter lawson assist ant statistician ed leather- land judges helen otterbeln art cooper and brendan aheme john goy will present the awards a special handicap system changed somewhat this year gives assistance to the smallest schools on considering what was best to do they reached whitby safely and had no further driv ing difficulty other than the initial upsetting experience the top ranking speaker was a lad from whitby named smith who spoke on the smith family name there were 10 contestants in the halton finals at w h morden public school oak- ville when the two winners chosen were carol for her ex cellent speech on canada and patricia collins of oak vi lie who spoke on teenagers long hair judges were william pollen head of the english depart ment of milton high school joan miesner of the english department of georgetown- high school and william cot ton editor of the oakville journal record the contestants were from halton no i halton- no 4 oakville and separate schools judges placed miss collins first and miss patterson sec ond and both represented the county tuesday steven van fleet recorded all the speeches on tape carol has assembled a small library through public speak ing as she was a winner last vear too in whitby yesterday she was presented with a fine dictionary in oakville everyone was given the best of stephen leacock in brokville she was given home from afar by jean little of guelph in acton she received a volume on british columbia in a ser ies on canada last year she was given two volumes of charles dickens books cou feast sympathetic neighbors on john st set out a genuine feast of bird seed as a wel coming banquet for a robin whose red breast was decid edly tinged with blue for centennial year the unwise bird arrived just before tu esdays hrstdayofsprlng bliz zard its the first robin re ported to the free press this year late hti in brief prompt first aid explosion at plant prompt action by trained first aid personnel saved ar- mand kingsley and jim sav ers from serious burns follow ing a flash explosion and fire at the mason knitting co at 1150 am monday morning the two workmen were only slightly burned as a result of an accidental mixing of two chemicals which blew up and started a fire in the plant they were rushed to guelph general hospital by general manager charlie kirkness where dr craig hutchinson treated them in the emergency ward both were able to re turn home the fire was promptly dous ed with fire extinguishers be fore it could get out of hand the head nurse in the emer gency ward of the hospital told mr kirkness first aid treatment at the plant by delia kentner albert ford and him self and saved both injured men from more serious burns all are st john ambulance trained although every precaution was taken so chemicals arc not close to each other in this case acetic acid spilled where another chemical was stored the resulting explosion and fire caused momentary dist ress much smoke and acid odorsbut mr kirkness told the free press there was no confusion everyone did their own job quickly and efficientlv and there was a minimum of confusion he said members of the acton fire department recharged the ex tinguishers monday night a service mr kirkness said the company appreciated verv much patrol treat patrol boys and girls were taken tuesday night by school bus to kitchener to see a jr a hockey game reeve h h hinton acton charged before halton county council on tuesday the current budget for the child rens aid society reflected empire building when a 50 per cent increase totalled 90000 over last years budget he served notice the society did not even present its budget to its annual meeting they floated their own constitution when bylaws were amended without notice to the member ship he charged he declared their procedure now illegal until the amendments are properly passed the charges came during discussion on a city of barrie resolution asking amendments to the child welfare act to restore municipal control of budgets and operations of social service agencies particularly childrens aid societies to muni cipal control deputy reeve f rogers burlington told county coun cil the society told the county finance committee it would pay as high or higher wages than anyone else to get the staff it wanted he claimed the budget was presented and the county was told its share there was no opportunity for the finance committee to question the budget reeve a ledwith milton opposed the countys en dorsation of the barrie resolution noting the county already has six representatives on the board weve had six members on the board for years and theyve never made any headway deputy reeve rogers complained pressing for a reasonable control of finances reeve hinton claimed increased demands on the so ciety for service did not indicate the need for a 90000 budget increase continued on page two sales predict festive look for centennial canadas centennial will be aptly reflected in decorations in acton lions dub member vic bristow reports sales of lions decorations as excel lent he has been calling on industries in town as well as taking orders for the special centennial decorations the club project includes the sale of centennial flags canadian flags ontario flags and other provincial flags if desired bunting desk sets and special displays blood dink next thursday special need the phone canvass for blood donors continues this week with fair response students who turned out well last time wlu be free to give blood this year as the clinic on thursday march 30 lalls during the easier holi days organizer mrs w fin- lay suggests they should at tend in the afternoon to leave the evening hours open for working adults she also explains that more blood is needed now as a re sult of supplies being used for leukemia sufferers in toron to special clinics are being lum for this purpose propose 29000 budget for parks recreation eleven first year recreation students from the university of guelph sat in at thursdays recreation and parks board meeting and were exposed to a wide range of problems which confront the committees in smaller communities main item of business was perusal of the proposed budget of s29000 which will be for warded to council but the committee also discussed in fringements on the schomberg ice machine patent heard an extensive report from the rec reation director set a rental fee for the community centre and explored the problem of a faulty ice compressor besides a multituile of smaller pieces of business chairman john goy welcom ed the students who were in- traduced by classmate pete lawson a parttime director r at the ymca and resident ol acton also- mending was doug phon i community pro grams official recreation director howard pearce and his staff were com plimented for a definite im provement in the appearance and cleanliness of the arena at the outset ot the meeting a letter from the zamboni company from california in formed the board there was a patent infringement on the schomberg ice machine and there could be a liability if the machine i was used the com mittee reviewed the history of the case a previous warning had ended by the board asking the arena association for their advice which was to go ahead and use it there wasnothinc to worry about doug paton of the commun ity programs branch of the de- partmeni ot education inform ed the committee the town of preston was presently being sued bv zamboni in a test case the results could have a bear- i or the 900 machines now being used in canada the letter was filed in his report recreation di- i ector pearce notified the board he and member harold townslev w c r e contacting prospective advertisers for dis- plav signs in the arena he gave details of the school car nival on march 12 and the hard growing contest being run in conjunction with the ys men mr pearce outlined the steps hi was taking to procure play ground leaders and the train ing involved an arena rental fee of 100 was set for use of all the facil ities at the communitv centre f mowing receipt of a request from the fall fair board for a dance the committee felt the rental should be in line with ether cenros and 100 was a fair price roller skating a popular summer pastime last vear will be started tentatively this sea son on may 1 providing the arena floor is dry and roller skates are available the recreation director did a projection for the committee on his planned summer pro gram which included wrestling but felt the 100 charge might deter wrestlers from appear- ing the grapplers came in for some discussion as some mem bers felt they could forgot about them if they wouldnt come for 100 member harold townslev felt it should be provided as it was the committees job to provide recreation for people councillor ted t 1 c r felt wrestling was not recreation mr pearce said it may not be but the people of acton eat it up mr paton broke in to advise the committee perhaps thev should ask the director to do a survey on other arenas in the area before any thing was de cided and the committee agreed to thesuggestion in the discussion introduced bv finance chairman h pat- terson members were inform ed vhc budaet lines were yrv much similar to last vears one major item was the com pressor on the ice machine piston walls were scored and it wai estimated cost would be s3000 to 3500 to have it re- bored and oversize pistons in stalled i continued on page two halton uf 0iorm tchm end guest speaker robert welch provincial secretary and minister of citizenship were among the first to congratulate james snow when he won the progressive conservative nomfnetiop for halton east on friday night the nomina tion convention was held in milton district high school staff photo